Charles Walker, 80, receiving his second dose of the Pfizer-Biontech coronavirus jab at a drive-through vaccination centre in Hyde, ManchesterGPs have delayed vaccination clinics repeatedly because the delivery of supplies has been inconsistent. NHS England said that GP services would start using the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine today, but some said that access to the Pfizer jab was patchy. SponsoredMillions of doses of the Oxford vaccine are awaiting final safety checks even though manufacturing was scaled up to “full pace” months ago. Inside an Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine factoryBoris Johnson has warned that there is now a race between the delivery of the vaccines to the most vulnerable and the rapid spread of the virus. “After the marathon of last year we are indeed now in a sprint, a race to vaccinate the vulnerable faster than the virus can reach them,” he said.

Source: The Times January 07, 2021 00:01 UTC